An Arizona gun nut has been charged with multiple crimes after he decided to shoot at two men who shoplifted some stuff from a Chandler, Arizona Walgreens location in March.

According to John Haag, 25, he was at Walgreens when he saw two men running from the store. Haag asked the store employees if they’d been robbed and they told him yes, so he decided to take the law into his own hands. Instead of calling the police like an intelligent human being, Haag got into his car and chased the suspected robbers. ABC15 news obtained a video that shows Haag pulling up to the U-Haul the men were driving and firing his gun at the vehicle. After shooting at the suspects, he drove away.

According to officials, the people who Haag shot at weren’t robbery suspects at all. Instead all they had done was shoplifted from the store. Police said that “this crime would not justify the level of force” used by a man who said he wanted to “be a hero.”

Cops were able to find the idiot after he posted “just witnessed a robbery at Walgreens again, this time, I had my gun…true story” on Facebook.

Speaking to ABC15, Haag said:

“I feel I had good intentions. I meant the best. I meant to disable the vehicle.”

It's not his store, maybe the store can do a little more hiring of guards instead of leeching off the public, are companies now ran by irresponsible liberals?

That's the problem with vigilante justice. The perceived lines versus legitimate events in which to stand up for community and country.

On the other hand, if the good guy with the gun was trying to put down a maniac bad guy trying to kill others with a gun, like in a movie theater in an open carry state like Colorado, that is far closer to what the second amendment is about, though maybe movie theaters can afford guards thanks to $10 for a tiny box of fattening candy and all the ads shown prior to movies... oh, wait, those are sky high because the cost to lease the movie is even more sky-high. Because all the actors that are contributing oh-so-much to this world unlike STEM professionals, are making 7 or 8 digit salaries to pretend to be other people, even those portraying STEM professional characters.

On the other hand, if the good guy with the gun was trying to put down a maniac bad guy trying to kill others with a gun, like in a movie theater in an open carry state like Colorado, that is far closer to what the second amendment is about,

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would you really want a idiot like this trying to shoot the bad guy in a dark theater?

His facebook post suggests that he felt this was an acceptable course of action. He should probably be evaluated by a psychologist, because that isn't remotely rational behavior.

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I wouldn't say so. It's more like some incredibly dangerous cultural fad than it is a psychological issue. The recent swing for justifying vigilantism, zero tolerance for petty crimes, and celebrating the Good Guy With A Gun is what's lead to this.

I wouldn't say so. It's more like some incredibly dangerous cultural fad than it is a psychological issue. The recent swing for justifying vigilantism, zero tolerance for petty crimes, and celebrating the Good Guy With A Gun is what's lead to this.

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Fantasizing about something is different from doing it. The guy seems almost delusional, as he thought it was a good idea to shoot at someone in a crowded public area. Even if he was a trained sniper, this wouldn't be a good idea. It's also unlikely that he could legally fire on someone who isn't a present threat.

Fantasizing about something is different from doing it. The guy seems almost delusional, as he thought it was a good idea to shoot at someone in a crowded public area. Even if he was a trained sniper, this wouldn't be a good idea. It's also unlikely that he could legally fire on someone who isn't a present threat.

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His story is almost exactly that woman's who did nearly the exact same thing at Lowes or wherever a few months back. Some people take the gun culture BS way, way too seriously, and inevitably end up doing something like this. It's not an issue of mental illness. It's stupid people with too much to prove doing stupid things.

...and unfortunately for the rest of us, these stupid people have a license to carry.

It's not his store, maybe the store can do a little more hiring of guards instead of leeching off the public, are companies now ran by irresponsible liberals?

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Wait.....what? Who is "leeching off the public"? So, because a guy ran after some shoplifters, that's somehow proof that the company must be run by irresponsible liberals?

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On the other hand, if the good guy with the gun was trying to put down a maniac bad guy trying to kill others with a gun, like in a movie theater in an open carry state like Colorado, that is far closer to what the second amendment is about, though maybe movie theaters can afford guards thanks to $10 for a tiny box of fattening candy and all the ads shown prior to movies... oh, wait, those are sky high because the cost to lease the movie is even more sky-high. Because all the actors that are contributing oh-so-much to this world unlike STEM professionals, are making 7 or 8 digit salaries to pretend to be other people, even those portraying STEM professional characters.

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